Beans
If you're a passionate gardener, these legumes are your secret ingredient for healthy and delicious meals. Each of these varieties has a rich history and a flavour profile like no other.
Beans are frost-sensitive and prefer full sun. Well-improved soil will provide superior crops.
Best grown by direct seeding 10-15 days after your last frost date. Plant seeds directly where they are to grow 2.5-3cm deep. Individual plant spacing is 30-40cm and 40cm between rows. Germination takes 7-10 days. Soil temps should be above 13ºC, otherwise, seed may rot in the ground. Bush beans will be the first to produce and you can start harvesting early varieties from about 50-55 days. Pole beans take a while longer and will produce from around 65+ days.
Broad Beans: A.k.a. fava beans. A bush variety needing support. Enjoys cooler weather and can tolerate mild frost. Best planted in autumn or early spring.
Bush Beans: A.k.a. dwarf beans. Very quick and rewarding crop. Produces early, with flushes of sweet, tender beans. Plant after the last frost.
Pole Beans: These are climbing beans that require support in order to climb. The more often their pods are picked, the more they produce.
Runner Beans: A productive bean that requires support to climb. Best picked young. These beans require stringing yet more than make up for the effort with exceptional flavour.
Lima Beans: A.k.a. butter beans. Very productive, rambling, bushy plants. Requires a long, warm season to produce. Mainly used as shelly or dry beans.
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Delgado Black Mexican
Phaseolus vulgaris A rare climbing bean from Mexico, these runner beans grow to well over 2 m tal..
R33.90
Dixie Beans
Phaseolus vulgarisDixie Beans are practically unknown in South Africa. These are also known as Bush ..
R33.90
Epicure
Phaseolus vulgaris Epicure is a pole/climbing bean, that is believed to have originated out of th..
R33.90
Fat Goose
Phaseolus vulgarisA stunning pole bean variety with beautiful pink pods in the green bean stage. Pro..
R36.06
Favourite Pinto
Phaseolus vulgarisThe Favourite Pinto is an American dry bean most often used in cooking and as a P..
R33.90
Fort Portal Jade
Phaseolus vulgarisLIMITED STOCKA truly unique African heirloom bean. This bean was originally colle..
R24.21
French Dwarf (White Seeded)
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Dwarf is a great producer of slim round beans that are crisp and tasty. S..
R36.06
French Haricot (Flageolet)
Phaseolus vulgarisThis is the aristocrat of beans and demanded in authentic french cooking. The matu..
R33.90
Golden Wax
Phaseolus vulgarisLimited StockLovely, bright yellow, stringless beans. The sturdy bushes provide go..
R28.34
Gourmet Delight
Phaseolus vulgaris A highly adaptable Australian bean variety with exceptional production in the ..
R33.49
Greek Pole
Phaselous vulgarisAnother bean variety gifted to us by Alan Reynolds. Years ago he gave us one or t..
R36.06
Half White Sugar Bean
Phaseolus vulgarisOne of the older sugar bean varieties. A firm favourite with any serious bean conn..
R33.90
Hereboontjies
Phaseolus lunatus South Africa's very own lima bean variety. Still grown in certain parts of the ..
R43.59
Herrenbohnl Gentleman's Little Bean
Phaseolus vulgarisA very rare bean that was gifted to Livingseeds a few years ago. It has taken a wh..
R32.69
Hidasta Red
Phaselous vulgarisAn heirloom bean variety native to the American tribe, Hidasta of the Missouri Riv..
R33.90
Hokkaida Black Soy
Glycine max Another super exiting find, gifted to us by another seed saver, this heritage Japane..
R38.51
Honeykey Gold
Phaseolus vulgarisA super productive compact bush, providing deep yellow, tender beans. The sweet fl..
R34.13
Hutterite Soup
Phaseolus vulgarisAn heirloom bush bean from the North American community of Hutterites. This variet..
R33.90
Jacob's Cattle
Phaseolus vulgaris A fabulous bush bean with an interesting history behind its name; said to have..
R33.49
Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris Kentucky Wonder is a huge producer of beans; they are best picked before the ..
R33.90
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